Iran
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 2026869
SENTENCES0
- GOVERNMENT
- theocratic republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 1979, revised in 1989 to extend presidential power
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on Sharia law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e-Shura-ye-Eslami)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
Shia majority; 10% Sunni; Christian, Jewish, Bahá'í, and Zoroastrian minorities
From the country
NOVEMBER 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Marouf Gholipour executed in Shiraz on November 14
For murder
NOVEMBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men executed in Zahedan on November 13
At least 100 prisoners executed on drug-related charges in Iran in 2021
NOVEMBER 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Bahrami executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 10
For murder
NOVEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasser Gargij executed in Zahedan Prison on November 6
96, including a woman, executed on drug-related charges in Irani in 2021
NOVEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Makrandoust executed in Zahedan Prison
For drug-related offences
NOVEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Couple sentenced to death for adultery
It is unclear whether it is a homosexual couple
- NOVEMBER 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kamran Rezaiefar Sentenced to Death
Charged of “association with The People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran (MEK)
- NOVEMBER 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed … executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 4
For murder
NOVEMBER 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadali Alizadeh executed in Zahedan on 4 November 2021
The news was reported by IHR on January 2, 2022
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile offender Arman Abdolali’s execution postponed for the fifth time
He is still at imminent risk of execution
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah … executed in Mashhad Prison on November 3
For murder
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Manouchehr Kazemi-Varmaleh executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 3
For murder